Tiny Crew, Big-Time Animation Tiny Crew, Big-Time Animation

The husband-and-wife animation team talks about "Wonderlens."

Their latest project, "Wonderlens: Aquarium of the Aliens," is a DVD tour of an otherworldly undersea environment. "Wonderlens" is not your average interactive DVD fare. The animated characters you watch on the screen are watching you right back.

The concept isn't the only aspect of "Wonderlens" that's pretty amazing. Consider this. Ishida and Clasen were the only two animators for the whole project. As a two-person crew, they averaged one minute of completed animation per week for 22 weeks. That's a lot of animating. Boy, are their arms tired.

Ishida and Clasen visit "The Screen Savers" today to talk about how they developed the characters for "Wonderlens," as well as what it took for them to complete the project with just the two of them. For more info see:

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3462112,00.html